Wind Dancer
Encyclopedia
Sofia Mantega, also known as Renascence and formerly known as Wind Dancer, is a fictional character, a former mutant
appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics
. One of the student body in the Xavier Institute
, she is a member of the New Mutants
squad therein. Her first appearance was in New Mutants, vol. 2 #1, and she was the first of the main cast to be introduced. At the beginning of New Mutants, vol. 2, she is 16 years old.
, Venezuela
. While under the care of her uncle, Sofia's mother was killed in a riot in town. Busy playing with the winds and her younger cousin, the news came to her uncle first, who watched the pair in the distance. Unfortunately, Sofia's mutant ability brought her the news of her mother's death as well as her uncle's refusal to take care of her. Shortly after her mother's funeral, she is sent to her father, who had been previously unaware of her existence. The head of a major supermarket
chain located in the United States
, Walter Barrett is an occupied businessman with no time for and no interest in a daughter.
Despite her enthusiasm in the reunion, he quickly sets three ground rules—she would learn English
before school started, she would get good grades, and she would not use her mutant power. In return, he assured her she would want for nothing.
Her father visited her in jail. Asking her why she'd done it, she weakly replied that it was to see whether he'd notice, and that she'd made sure no one was hurt. Intending to leave her in prison for 48 hours before dropping the charges, and planning on a second paternity test to make sure he was not her father before sending her back to Venezuela, he was confronted by Danielle Moonstar
. Having seen what Sofía had done on the news, she "persuaded" him to release Sofia into her custody so that she could take her to the Xavier Institute
, then talked Sofia herself into going. After saying goodbye to Derek, they went onward to Xavier's.
(codenamed Hellion) found himself instantly attracted to Mantega, offering to guide her through the school and tour the local hang out spots. Despite his persistent efforts, she nearly always rejected his offers due to his haughty behavior and rude remarks to her new growing group of friends, including the shy, emotion manipulating Laurie Collins
(later known as Wallflower) and the straight-laced David Alleyne
(Prodigy).
The group would eventually become the New Mutants
squad, along with several other students including a runaway from Japan named Surge
, Laurie's love interest and former Reaver
Elixir
, as well as a dangerous but well intentioned mutant named Wither
. Sofia was generally well liked and was voted as "Most Outgoing" in the school's yearbook.
When it came time to appoint a leader, one of the more qualified members, Prodigy
rejected the role of leadership. With no other volunteers, Sofia took the position, but became isolated and irritable when she proved unsuited to the task. Her command decisions weakened further when Kevin Ford
was arrested for the accidental murder of his father, and she briefly sided with the Hellions, the group's rival squad, to break him free. After the New Mutants fought the Hellions over the incident, Prodigy talked her into letting Kevin go, and she talked him into leading the team. He was reluctant, but agreed to be co-leader with Sofía, to better mesh their strengths.
Thereafter, Sofia's temper eased again until the school dance, where she caught Laurie manipulating Prodigy to make her ex-boyfriend Elixir
jealous. Alarmed by the rapid disintegration of the squad, she found herself kissing Hellion
, to whom she'd reluctantly been drawn since her arrival at the Institute, and he pushed her to end the in-fighting since she was the one who saw the good in everyone - even him. She tried to do so by forcing everyone to get together for a camp-out on the X-Mansion grounds. While bickering and even fist fighting broke out, Sofia was able to eventually reconcile her teammates.
produced a reality-bending spell
in an attempt to solve the human/mutant problem.
Along with most of the depowered students, she moved out of the mansion and was to return to Venezuela
with her father's former manservant, Derek. She left the school abruptly without giving Julian notice after she catches him callously denouncing Prodigy
after he had lost his powers. Luckily, she was not one of the many students to have been killed by an attack from William Stryker
and his Purifiers
.
, where she lived alone and works as a waitress. She felt directionless in her new "normal" life and had nightmares about the trauma of losing her powers which ominously featured none other than the Scarlet Witch
. During the dream, Sofia enjoyed the pleasures of wing
ed flight
. Around this time, Sofia began to receive strange messages from a group calling itself the New Warriors
. The group sent a messenger whom Sofia recognized as Barry, a young man she knew (and flirted with) from the restaurant she worked in. Sofia was angry until Barry explained that he is a depowered mutant, and is actually her old friend from the Xavier Institute, Beak, whom she did not recognize because of his altered appearance post-M-Day. Beak then transported Sofia into the secret base of the New Warriors, where she was introduced to Night Thrasher. Sofia refused Night Thrasher's offer. Before leaving, Night Thrasher gave Sofia an amulet which she later threw in an alley, causing it to explode into a wall of webs. Immediately after the amulet detonated, fellow ex-mutant Jubilee demonstrated why she joined the Warriors and further tried to persuade Sofia into joining the group.
She recently had another dream where she fought alongside both the X-Men and her former teammates against the Blob
, which seemed to indicate a longing for her old friends, her former love interest Hellion, and a life of heroism.
breaks out near the restaurant and Sofia helplessly witnesses Cancer kill the New Warrior Longstrike
.
With the Warriors fighting a losing battle and a little boy caught in the crossfire, Sofia charges unarmed towards Cancer providing enough distraction to give her friends the upper hand. While the superpowered individuals battle, Sofia tries to get the young boy to safety but is blasted from behind from an unknown energy blast. The battle ends and the unregistered heroes must flee for violating the Superhuman Registration Act. Nearby paramedics agree to take care of the fallen hero while the team escapes.
At the hospital, doctors determine Sofia is suffering from burns, a concussion, and various other problems from the attack. During a coma
tose state, Sofia dreams she is meeting her mother in Heaven
and once again bears angel
-like wings. While Sofia is overjoyed by the reunion, her dream ends when Sofia's heart monitor
continues to show signs of life.
Sofia makes headlines for her heroic deeds during the battle, suffering serious injuries. Luckily, she is expected to fully recover and has only lost her hair due to surgery. Her hair appears to have grown back somewhat according to the cover of the upcoming issue.
Upon her release from the hospital, Mantega reconsiders Night Thrasher's offer to join the team right as he is about to disband the group following the disastrous encounter with the Zodiac. However, the team of depowered mutants had found a sense of belonging with each other after losing a part of who they are following M-Day
and wish to stay a team.
's most wanted list. While Wondra says Sofia "held her own on her first mission", the team's efforts fall short until Night Thrasher intervenes.
It is revealed that Sofia has taken on the codename Renascence while operating with the New Warriors. She continues to waitress at her job and lives off-base as to never be dependent on someone else ever again.
During one of her shifts at the restaurant, Sofia is greeted by news reporter Kat Farrell
of the Daily Bugle
who wants to know the "inside story" about the New Warriors.
She has also used her powers to create a "cutting" effect by refining the force of the wind, such as during her battle with the Reavers
. She can also compress air into a person's ear to disrupt their middle ear
's equilibrium
thereby disturbing their balance.
As Renascence, she wears a suit equipped with six metal cybernetic
tentacle
s that can discharge surges of electricity from its claws. She is also equipped with a personal force field that emits a golden aura.
Sofia has some athletic and martial arts skills due to her training as a New Mutant at Xavier's and the combat sessions with the New Warriors.
reality. During the House of M
crossover (which later led to Decimation
), Wind Dancer was shown as a S.H.I.E.L.D trainee, in the Hellions Squad, under Dani Moonstar's supervision, and involved in a rather intimate relationship with Scion (Julian's counterpart).
In this reality, she battled control against Wallflower's pheromone
s that manipulated the New Mutant Leadership Institute's students into fighting with the S.H.I.E.L.D. trainees to the death.
After Wallflower was killed and her influence severed, the surviving young mutants teamed up to attack Emperor Sunfire, who headed Project: Genesis, a plan to mutate baseline humans. Sunfire ordered their death, but reality was reverted before anything further happened.
Mutant (Marvel Comics)
In comic books published by Marvel Comics, a mutant is an organism who possesses a genetic trait called an X-gene that allows the mutant to naturally develop superhuman powers and abilities...
appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
. One of the student body in the Xavier Institute
X-Mansion
In the fictional Marvel Comics universe, the X-Mansion is the common name for Professor Xavier's mansion. It is the base of operations and training site of the X-Men and the location of a school for mutant teenagers, the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning, formerly Xavier's School for Gifted...
, she is a member of the New Mutants
New Mutants
The New Mutants are a group of teenaged mutant superheroes-in-training published by Marvel Comics. They have been the main characters of three successive comic book series, which were spin-offs of the popular X-Men franchise....
squad therein. Her first appearance was in New Mutants, vol. 2 #1, and she was the first of the main cast to be introduced. At the beginning of New Mutants, vol. 2, she is 16 years old.
Early life
Sofia was born and lived most of her life in CaracasCaracas
Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...
, Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
. While under the care of her uncle, Sofia's mother was killed in a riot in town. Busy playing with the winds and her younger cousin, the news came to her uncle first, who watched the pair in the distance. Unfortunately, Sofia's mutant ability brought her the news of her mother's death as well as her uncle's refusal to take care of her. Shortly after her mother's funeral, she is sent to her father, who had been previously unaware of her existence. The head of a major supermarket
Supermarket
A supermarket, a form of grocery store, is a self-service store offering a wide variety of food and household merchandise, organized into departments...
chain located in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Walter Barrett is an occupied businessman with no time for and no interest in a daughter.
Despite her enthusiasm in the reunion, he quickly sets three ground rules—she would learn English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
before school started, she would get good grades, and she would not use her mutant power. In return, he assured her she would want for nothing.
Xavier Institute
Three weeks later, she learned English and joined a local school, but had difficulty fitting in. By her birthday in May, despite her best efforts, she still had no friends at the school, and her father didn't even know it was her birthday (unlike his butler Derek, the only person who had any time for her). After hearing someone say that no one liked her behind her back after lying that they were busy, she finally snapped. Going to one of her father's stores, she let loose a hurricane inside it, completely wrecking it before collapsing into a fetal position, where the police found her and arrested her.Her father visited her in jail. Asking her why she'd done it, she weakly replied that it was to see whether he'd notice, and that she'd made sure no one was hurt. Intending to leave her in prison for 48 hours before dropping the charges, and planning on a second paternity test to make sure he was not her father before sending her back to Venezuela, he was confronted by Danielle Moonstar
Danielle Moonstar
Danielle "Dani" Moonstar, originally codenamed Psyche and later Mirage, is a fictional Marvel Comics superheroine associated with the X-Men....
. Having seen what Sofía had done on the news, she "persuaded" him to release Sofia into her custody so that she could take her to the Xavier Institute
X-Mansion
In the fictional Marvel Comics universe, the X-Mansion is the common name for Professor Xavier's mansion. It is the base of operations and training site of the X-Men and the location of a school for mutant teenagers, the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning, formerly Xavier's School for Gifted...
, then talked Sofia herself into going. After saying goodbye to Derek, they went onward to Xavier's.
The New Mutants/New X-Men
Resident mischief maker Julian KellerHellion
Hellion is a fictional character, a mutant appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. He was a member of the student body of the Xavier Institute before its closing and is a member of the X-Men's training squad. He first appeared in New Mutants, vol. 2 #2.-New Mutants, vol...
(codenamed Hellion) found himself instantly attracted to Mantega, offering to guide her through the school and tour the local hang out spots. Despite his persistent efforts, she nearly always rejected his offers due to his haughty behavior and rude remarks to her new growing group of friends, including the shy, emotion manipulating Laurie Collins
Wallflower (comics)
Wallflower is a fictional character, a mutant appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is a member of the student body of the Xavier Institute and a member of the New Mutants training squad therein. After the events of M-Day transpired, she was one of a handful of mutants to keep...
(later known as Wallflower) and the straight-laced David Alleyne
Prodigy (David Alleyne)
Prodigy is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in books published by Marvel Comics, in particular the X-Men family of books. Prodigy is a former mutant, one of the student body of the Xavier Institute, and a member of the New X-Men squad...
(Prodigy).
The group would eventually become the New Mutants
New Mutants
The New Mutants are a group of teenaged mutant superheroes-in-training published by Marvel Comics. They have been the main characters of three successive comic book series, which were spin-offs of the popular X-Men franchise....
squad, along with several other students including a runaway from Japan named Surge
Surge (comics)
Surge is a fictional character, a mutant in the Marvel Universe, one of the student body in the Xavier Institute, and a member of the former New Mutants squad therein. She maintained her powers post M-Day and was the leader of the New X-Men. She first appeared in New Mutants, vol...
, Laurie's love interest and former Reaver
Reavers (comics)
In the fictional Marvel Comics universe the Reavers are a team of criminal cyborgs. The most significant team of Reavers were dedicated to the destruction of the mutant X-Men, and a number of them especially wanted to take revenge on one particular X-Man, Wolverine. The name was originally used by...
Elixir
Elixir (comics)
Elixir , is a fictional character, a mutant in the and a student at the Xavier Institute. He first appeared in New Mutants, vol. 2 #5, and he is one of only a few students to retain his powers in the wake of House of M....
, as well as a dangerous but well intentioned mutant named Wither
Wither (comics)
Wither is a fictional character, a mutant appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. He has been a member of the student body at the Xavier Institute, a member of the Hellions training squad, and a supervillain as a part of Selene's Coven.-Early life:Kevin Ford developed his mutant...
. Sofia was generally well liked and was voted as "Most Outgoing" in the school's yearbook.
When it came time to appoint a leader, one of the more qualified members, Prodigy
Prodigy (David Alleyne)
Prodigy is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in books published by Marvel Comics, in particular the X-Men family of books. Prodigy is a former mutant, one of the student body of the Xavier Institute, and a member of the New X-Men squad...
rejected the role of leadership. With no other volunteers, Sofia took the position, but became isolated and irritable when she proved unsuited to the task. Her command decisions weakened further when Kevin Ford
Wither (comics)
Wither is a fictional character, a mutant appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. He has been a member of the student body at the Xavier Institute, a member of the Hellions training squad, and a supervillain as a part of Selene's Coven.-Early life:Kevin Ford developed his mutant...
was arrested for the accidental murder of his father, and she briefly sided with the Hellions, the group's rival squad, to break him free. After the New Mutants fought the Hellions over the incident, Prodigy talked her into letting Kevin go, and she talked him into leading the team. He was reluctant, but agreed to be co-leader with Sofía, to better mesh their strengths.
Thereafter, Sofia's temper eased again until the school dance, where she caught Laurie manipulating Prodigy to make her ex-boyfriend Elixir
Elixir (comics)
Elixir , is a fictional character, a mutant in the and a student at the Xavier Institute. He first appeared in New Mutants, vol. 2 #5, and he is one of only a few students to retain his powers in the wake of House of M....
jealous. Alarmed by the rapid disintegration of the squad, she found herself kissing Hellion
Hellion
Hellion is a fictional character, a mutant appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. He was a member of the student body of the Xavier Institute before its closing and is a member of the X-Men's training squad. He first appeared in New Mutants, vol. 2 #2.-New Mutants, vol...
, to whom she'd reluctantly been drawn since her arrival at the Institute, and he pushed her to end the in-fighting since she was the one who saw the good in everyone - even him. She tried to do so by forcing everyone to get together for a camp-out on the X-Mansion grounds. While bickering and even fist fighting broke out, Sofia was able to eventually reconcile her teammates.
Depowered
Sofia lost her powers along with 90% of the mutant population when the Scarlet WitchScarlet Witch
The Scarlet Witch is a fictional comic book character that appears in books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appears in X-Men #4 and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby...
produced a reality-bending spell
Decimation (comics)
Decimation is the late 2005 Marvel Comics storyline spinning off from the House of M limited series. It focuses on the ramifications of the Scarlet Witch stripping nearly all of the mutant population of their powers, thereby reducing a society of millions to one of scant hundreds.This event, which...
in an attempt to solve the human/mutant problem.
Along with most of the depowered students, she moved out of the mansion and was to return to Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
with her father's former manservant, Derek. She left the school abruptly without giving Julian notice after she catches him callously denouncing Prodigy
Prodigy (David Alleyne)
Prodigy is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in books published by Marvel Comics, in particular the X-Men family of books. Prodigy is a former mutant, one of the student body of the Xavier Institute, and a member of the New X-Men squad...
after he had lost his powers. Luckily, she was not one of the many students to have been killed by an attack from William Stryker
William Stryker
Col. William "Bill" Stryker, M.D. is a fictional comic book supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe, and enemy of the X-Men. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Brent Anderson, he first appeared in the 1982 graphic novel X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills.Rev...
and his Purifiers
Purifiers
The Purifiers, also known as the Stryker Crusade, are a fictional paramilitary/terrorist organization in the Marvel Comics universe and enemies of the X-Men...
.
New Warriors
For as-yet-unknown reasons, Sofia moved to New York CityNew York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, where she lived alone and works as a waitress. She felt directionless in her new "normal" life and had nightmares about the trauma of losing her powers which ominously featured none other than the Scarlet Witch
Scarlet Witch
The Scarlet Witch is a fictional comic book character that appears in books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appears in X-Men #4 and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby...
. During the dream, Sofia enjoyed the pleasures of wing
Wing
A wing is an appendage with a surface that produces lift for flight or propulsion through the atmosphere, or through another gaseous or liquid fluid...
ed flight
Flight
Flight is the process by which an object moves either through an atmosphere or beyond it by generating lift or propulsive thrust, or aerostatically using buoyancy, or by simple ballistic movement....
. Around this time, Sofia began to receive strange messages from a group calling itself the New Warriors
New Warriors
The New Warriors is a Marvel Comics superhero team, traditionally consisting of young adult heroes. They first appeared in The Mighty Thor #411 .-General publication history:...
. The group sent a messenger whom Sofia recognized as Barry, a young man she knew (and flirted with) from the restaurant she worked in. Sofia was angry until Barry explained that he is a depowered mutant, and is actually her old friend from the Xavier Institute, Beak, whom she did not recognize because of his altered appearance post-M-Day. Beak then transported Sofia into the secret base of the New Warriors, where she was introduced to Night Thrasher. Sofia refused Night Thrasher's offer. Before leaving, Night Thrasher gave Sofia an amulet which she later threw in an alley, causing it to explode into a wall of webs. Immediately after the amulet detonated, fellow ex-mutant Jubilee demonstrated why she joined the Warriors and further tried to persuade Sofia into joining the group.
She recently had another dream where she fought alongside both the X-Men and her former teammates against the Blob
Blob (comics)
The Blob is a Marvel Comics supervillain, an adversary of the X-Men. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-writer Jack Kirby, he first appeared in X-Men #3 ....
, which seemed to indicate a longing for her old friends, her former love interest Hellion, and a life of heroism.
Back In Action
Still refusing to join the team, Sofia returns to her job as a waitress. However, a battle between the New Warriors and a new ZodiacZodiac (comics)
Zodiac is the name of four groups of fictional characters that appear in publications by Marvel Comics. The first version appears in Avengers #72 and was created by Roy Thomas and Sal Buscema. The second version first appear in Defenders #49 and were created by David Kraft and Keith Giffen...
breaks out near the restaurant and Sofia helplessly witnesses Cancer kill the New Warrior Longstrike
Tattoo (comics)
Tattoo, later Longstrike, is a fictional mutant character in the Marvel Comics Universe. Her first appearance was in New X-Men #126, created by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely.-Fictional character biography:...
.
With the Warriors fighting a losing battle and a little boy caught in the crossfire, Sofia charges unarmed towards Cancer providing enough distraction to give her friends the upper hand. While the superpowered individuals battle, Sofia tries to get the young boy to safety but is blasted from behind from an unknown energy blast. The battle ends and the unregistered heroes must flee for violating the Superhuman Registration Act. Nearby paramedics agree to take care of the fallen hero while the team escapes.
At the hospital, doctors determine Sofia is suffering from burns, a concussion, and various other problems from the attack. During a coma
Coma
In medicine, a coma is a state of unconsciousness, lasting more than 6 hours in which a person cannot be awakened, fails to respond normally to painful stimuli, light or sound, lacks a normal sleep-wake cycle and does not initiate voluntary actions. A person in a state of coma is described as...
tose state, Sofia dreams she is meeting her mother in Heaven
Heaven
Heaven, the Heavens or Seven Heavens, is a common religious cosmological or metaphysical term for the physical or transcendent place from which heavenly beings originate, are enthroned or inhabit...
and once again bears angel
Angel
Angels are mythical beings often depicted as messengers of God in the Hebrew and Christian Bibles along with the Quran. The English word angel is derived from the Greek ἄγγελος, a translation of in the Hebrew Bible ; a similar term, ملائكة , is used in the Qur'an...
-like wings. While Sofia is overjoyed by the reunion, her dream ends when Sofia's heart monitor
Heart rate monitor
A heart rate monitor is a personal monitoring device which allows a subject to measure his or her heart rate in real time or record his or her heart rate for later study...
continues to show signs of life.
Sofia makes headlines for her heroic deeds during the battle, suffering serious injuries. Luckily, she is expected to fully recover and has only lost her hair due to surgery. Her hair appears to have grown back somewhat according to the cover of the upcoming issue.
Upon her release from the hospital, Mantega reconsiders Night Thrasher's offer to join the team right as he is about to disband the group following the disastrous encounter with the Zodiac. However, the team of depowered mutants had found a sense of belonging with each other after losing a part of who they are following M-Day
Decimation (comics)
Decimation is the late 2005 Marvel Comics storyline spinning off from the House of M limited series. It focuses on the ramifications of the Scarlet Witch stripping nearly all of the mutant population of their powers, thereby reducing a society of millions to one of scant hundreds.This event, which...
and wish to stay a team.
Renascence
Sofia's first mission as a New Warrior put her and the team up against the Alphaclan, a villain team atop of S.H.I.E.L.D.S.H.I.E.L.D.
S.H.I.E.L.D. is a fictional espionage and a secret military law-enforcement agency in the Marvel Comics Universe. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in Strange Tales #135 , it often deals with superhuman threats....
's most wanted list. While Wondra says Sofia "held her own on her first mission", the team's efforts fall short until Night Thrasher intervenes.
It is revealed that Sofia has taken on the codename Renascence while operating with the New Warriors. She continues to waitress at her job and lives off-base as to never be dependent on someone else ever again.
During one of her shifts at the restaurant, Sofia is greeted by news reporter Kat Farrell
Kat Farrell
Kat Farrell is a fictional character existing in Marvel Comics' Marvel Universe, usually appearing in comic books featuring Avengers-related characters in New York City.-Fictional character biography:She is a top reporter for the Daily Bugle...
of the Daily Bugle
Daily Bugle
The Daily Bugle is a fictional New York City newspaper that is a regular fixture in the Marvel Universe, most prominently in Spider-Man comic titles and their derivative media...
who wants to know the "inside story" about the New Warriors.
Powers and abilities
As the mutant Wind Dancer, Sofia had the ability to control the movement of air, which included the ability to generate wind with intense force, lift and carry objects, fly and, more subtly, amplify small vibrations in the air - allowing her to hear faraway conversations.She has also used her powers to create a "cutting" effect by refining the force of the wind, such as during her battle with the Reavers
Reavers (comics)
In the fictional Marvel Comics universe the Reavers are a team of criminal cyborgs. The most significant team of Reavers were dedicated to the destruction of the mutant X-Men, and a number of them especially wanted to take revenge on one particular X-Man, Wolverine. The name was originally used by...
. She can also compress air into a person's ear to disrupt their middle ear
Middle ear
The middle ear is the portion of the ear internal to the eardrum, and external to the oval window of the cochlea. The mammalian middle ear contains three ossicles, which couple vibration of the eardrum into waves in the fluid and membranes of the inner ear. The hollow space of the middle ear has...
's equilibrium
Equilibrioception
Equilibrioception or sense of balance is one of the physiological senses. It helps prevent humans and animals from falling over when walking or standing still. Balance is the result of a number of body systems working together: the eyes , ears and the body's sense of where it is in space ideally...
thereby disturbing their balance.
As Renascence, she wears a suit equipped with six metal cybernetic
Cybernetics
Cybernetics is the interdisciplinary study of the structure of regulatory systems. Cybernetics is closely related to information theory, control theory and systems theory, at least in its first-order form...
tentacle
Tentacle
A tentacle or bothrium is one of usually two or more elongated flexible organs present in animals, especially invertebrates. The term may also refer to the hairs of the leaves of some insectivorous plants. Usually, tentacles are used for feeding, feeling and grasping. Anatomically, they work like...
s that can discharge surges of electricity from its claws. She is also equipped with a personal force field that emits a golden aura.
Sofia has some athletic and martial arts skills due to her training as a New Mutant at Xavier's and the combat sessions with the New Warriors.
House of M
Wind Dancer is a S.H.I.E.L.D. trainee in the House of MHouse of M
House of M is an eight-issue comic book limited series and crossover storyline published by Marvel Comics in 2005. Written by Brian Michael Bendis and illustrated by Olivier Coipel, its first issue debuted in June 2005 as a follow-up to the events of the Planet X and Avengers Disassembled...
reality. During the House of M
House of M
House of M is an eight-issue comic book limited series and crossover storyline published by Marvel Comics in 2005. Written by Brian Michael Bendis and illustrated by Olivier Coipel, its first issue debuted in June 2005 as a follow-up to the events of the Planet X and Avengers Disassembled...
crossover (which later led to Decimation
Decimation (comics)
Decimation is the late 2005 Marvel Comics storyline spinning off from the House of M limited series. It focuses on the ramifications of the Scarlet Witch stripping nearly all of the mutant population of their powers, thereby reducing a society of millions to one of scant hundreds.This event, which...
), Wind Dancer was shown as a S.H.I.E.L.D trainee, in the Hellions Squad, under Dani Moonstar's supervision, and involved in a rather intimate relationship with Scion (Julian's counterpart).
In this reality, she battled control against Wallflower's pheromone
Pheromone
A pheromone is a secreted or excreted chemical factor that triggers a social response in members of the same species. Pheromones are chemicals capable of acting outside the body of the secreting individual to impact the behavior of the receiving individual...
s that manipulated the New Mutant Leadership Institute's students into fighting with the S.H.I.E.L.D. trainees to the death.
After Wallflower was killed and her influence severed, the surviving young mutants teamed up to attack Emperor Sunfire, who headed Project: Genesis, a plan to mutate baseline humans. Sunfire ordered their death, but reality was reverted before anything further happened.